Holy Ghost Party Podcast

There's plenty of good advice out there, but when was the last time someone helped you get drunk on the Gospel and jacked up on Jesus? If you want a revelation of Mr Joy himself that is big and blissed, this one is for you. Recorded live at the January 2018 Holy Ghost Party in Bedford UK, Max Holtz dishes out the goodies... enjoy!

Religion is for the strong & respectable, but the Gospel is for the weak & foolish... therefore I am well content with weaknesses! In this recording, Rich and Pip describe how not only is the Gospel good news for us in our weakness, but there is also something about weakness that opens us up to the full enjoyment of the gospel. Rather than fighting it, we can relax into weakness ... and even get whacked on it! Recorded at the 28th Jan 2017 Holy Ghost Party (and based on 1 Corinthians chapters 1&2), this episode will inspire you with the scandal and beauty of the Gospel that is for "the last, the lost, the littlest and the least."

The Gospel is all about "Done" whereas religion is all about "Do". In this message, (recorded live at 22nd Sept Holy Ghost Party) Rich & Pip describe how, if you've lost your mojo, maybe you need to rediscover the gospel as it was always meant to be heard: free from added doo doo. Showing how the gospel is lighter than the fluffiest soufflé, and yet powerfully transformative simply through our enjoyment of its happy truths, this message will get you intoxicated on the scandalous goodness of God revealed through a gospel that may well be better than you had ever realised.

The subject of prayer has the potential to bring out the religious side of the best of us ... but there is hope! In this podcast, Rich and Pip show how prayer has often become synonymous with striving and a results driven mindset. They go on to describe how their passion for prayer manifests itself through lightness and fun and show how this is at the heart of a new covenant theology of prayer. Whether prayer has become a dirty word for you, whether you feel a prayer failure or a prayer warrior, this podcast will challenge and inspire you taking your enjoyment of prayer to new highs!

Play is both profound and powerful in the Kingdom of God! In this podcast, Rich and Pip explain why their response to the challenges of life has therefore been to party in the glory and get high on God. Pip builds on this by showing how the language of drunkenness applied to manifestations of Holy Spirit is not only scriptural but also makes sense given that the alcoholic version is simply a counterfeit of the real thing! Recorded live at the 2nd January event, if you want to get your head round the underlying premise of a Holy Ghost Party, this podcast is for you!

What is spiritual growth and how do we talk about it without bringing people back under a law mindset? In this podcast Rich and Pip show how spiritual growth is not the same as sanctification but is actually the process of growing in maturity. They go on to explore how Holy Spirit grows us and to show how the process of spiritual maturity does not necessarily mean getting more serious or boring!

When it comes to missions (or any ministry activity for that matter) there’s doing things the common sense way and doing things Holy Spirit’s way! In this hilarious podcast Rolland Baker shares from his own experience about how Holy Spirit’s approach to planning is very different to ours. Rolland shows from his own story that while planning is not necessarily a bad thing, adventures choreographed by The Spirit frequently fly in the face of textbook advice on church growth and missions. He shows that while believers love their well thought out plans, often Holy Spirit calls us to step out in faith and simply trust that He has a plan! This, one of our favourite talks of all time, is used here with Rolland’s kind permission.

The Gospel is good news for tired people. However, believers have a tendency to turn the good news into bad news by adding in lists of things to do and by motivating folks to try harder. Here Rich & Pip share their story of how, over the last 20 years, their physical capacity has been progressively consumed by the circumstances of life, forcing them to give up on a mindset of serving, striving & sacrifice & freeing them instead to simply enjoy God and let him take care of the results! Recorded live at June 2015 Holy Ghost Party

In the words of The Clash (and Romans 7) "I fought the law but the law won" ... but then Jesus fulfilled the law on my behalf and I got all the benefits (whoop!) Romans 7 paints a pretty miserable picture of how coming under law spoils our buzz. In this episode, Rich and Pip, look at ways in which believers can unwittingly start mixing in a bit of law with their grace and how that makes people unfruitful, unhappy ... and naughty! But don't worry we end on a high thinking about how the undiluted gospel of grace gives us wings to fly free and enjoy manifesting our new identity.

You were wired for pleasure and God has no intention of changing that! Rich and Pip start this episode describing how believers have turned pleasure into a dirty word when in reality pleasure is at the core of the gospel because, in Christ, we have been lifted up into the flow of pleasure between the persons of the Trinity. Rich and Pip go on to show (with the help of William Barclay and CS Lewis) how over time Holy Spirit educates our "taste buds" to enjoy God's finest and how this is no excuse for dualism since the whole of creation echoes with the Divine.